He was reminded that his situation would be widely different from that of his predecessors who had resided in England before the Revolution.

Even his predecessors, however, had considered it as their duty to study the temper, not only of the Court, but of the nation.

It would now be more than ever necessary to watch the movements of the public mind.

A man of note was not to be slighted merely because he was out of place.

Such a man, with a great name in the country and a strong following in Parliament, might exercise as much influence on the politics of England, and consequently of Europe, as any minister.